Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2019-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 22, Bulls 18)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $108.08/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$108.08

25 head · 781 lb average

Value per head Derived

$844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$12.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.64

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	842	111.66	940	18thin
Medium and Large 2	625	98.87	618	7thin

One grade step is worth $12.78/cwt here — about $322 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

108.08

—

VA average8 barns · 1,004 hd

136.72

−28.64

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	612	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	451	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,031	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	118.98/cwt	115.00–124.00	859	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	99.04/cwt	90.00–118.00	532	3

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Aug 26, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 65Last week 38Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 22, Bulls 18)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	96.00	96.00
2	—	465	111.00	111.00
3	—	555	110.00	110.00
7	—	637	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	116.00	116.00
4	—	451	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	111.00	111.00
1	—	730	95.00	95.00
2	—	670	96.00	96.00
2	—	768	74.00	74.00
4	—	466	114.00	114.00
4	—	545	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	106.00	106.00
1	—	700	92.00	92.00
6	—	549	100.50	100.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	131.00	131.00
8	—	1,021	101.00	101.00
9	—	722	115.00–124.00	118.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	108.00	108.00
1	—	670	109.00	109.00
1	—	710	107.00	107.00
1	—	780	71.00	71.00
3	—	537	90.00–118.00	99.04

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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